The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-08
ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
THE COURT BUSY WITH A BATCH
OF CRIMINALS.

Thieves Sent Up for Various Terms
-Would-be Murderers Placed Where
They Can Do no Harm.
The Superior Court launched into bust
ness yesterday morning and began the good
work of dealing out to criminals what they
do not want-justice. There yeas quite an
array of them on the docket for the day
more, in fact, than the court could dispose
of-but no time was lost, and large per-
centage of those who were down for trial
appeared before the bar and were informed
just what they would have to do to wipe
out the sins they had committed against
that most imperious monster known as
! Society
The trials contained o good deal Of the
soul of wit, being brief. In the cases
of Cuffee Morgan he was disposed of
| III just the length of time it took Solicitor
| General du Bignon to examine three wit
nesses and Cuffee to make his own state
ment, for the case was so plain that neither
| the Solicitor nor his attorney, Mr.. LaRoche,
addressed the jury. The dispatch with
which the offenders were disposed of seemed
not to please them, for if appearances were
not deceiving they linked their misery as
| others do their sweetness, long drawn out.
TEN YEARS FOR WORK.
Sam Williams, the first prisoner tried,
was convicted of assault with intent to muir
der, and sentenced to the penitentiary for
ten years. Williams was released from the
chain-gang last Saturday morning, and that
night he was walking up Bryan street with
another colored boy, who. like himself, was
somewhat the worse for liquor. John A.
Jones met them on the street, and spoke to
Burns, who replied with an OATH A quar-
| raj xubi
Jones in the forehead with knife. He was
arrested and put in Jail. On Monday he
| was indicted and yesterday he was con-
victed and sentenced. The assault, indict-
ment, trial and conviction occurred in less
than four days.
James c. Collins, James Dupree and John
| Williams were in court for trial for cattle
stealing, being charged with stealing COW
from Policeman Fahey. Dupree pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary. Collins was tried and found
guilty but recommended to mercy. He was
given twelve months on the chain-gang
Williams case was postponed until Monday.
A HORSE THIEF's REWARD.
Cuffee Morgan tcoloredD, was found
guilty Of stealing horse, the property of
Clarence A. Sandford, from where it had
been tied in front of the market. Morgan
| asserted that he found the horse running at
large and was hunting its owner, but the
testimony showed that he tried to sell it and
the jury found him guilty. He was SEN
fenced to five years in the penitentiary.
David Days (coored) was tried on the
charge of assault with intent to murder.
The crime with which he was charged was
the shooting of Sam Robinson, a ten-year-
old colored boy on Big BuZzard Island on
Oct. %. Days went to the island for water,
and Sam told him that he could get the
water, but he must leave the place as his
| father did not permit any one to stay there
when he was away Sam had a gun in his
hand at the time, aud he heard a noise in
the pen. He testified that Days took the
gun from him, and when he had run a few
| steps he started to turn around. just then
Days shot him. Days statement was that
when the boy heard the noise he asked him
to hold the gun. Sam repeated the request
three times, and at the fourth asking Days
reached for the gun, and just as he took it
it went off, and the shot struck Sam in the
eye.
Solicitor General duBignon said that he
did not believe that Days mad been of so de-
PRAYED nature that he had wilfully at
tempted to murder the boy without reason,
but he thought he had pointed the gun at
him, and he asked for verdict finding him
guilty of unlawfuliy pointing a weapon.
w. W. Osborne, Esq, urged the jury to ac-
cept the statement of the defendant that the
|
was out several hours and returned with a
verdict of not guilty.
| ALL ABOUT A WOMAN.
Albert Grant, alias Albert Moore (col-
ored), was the next case. Grant was charged
with assault with intent to murder John
| Hendricks, a fellow workman. They were
coopers at work in the rosin shed at the
| Gulf railroad whaves. Hendricks spoke of
a certain woman, and the two men entered
into a conversation concerning her. Grant
said that if Hendricks went to see her he
would go to her and tell her what bad
man Hendricks was. Hendricks replied
that if Grant should do so mean thing as
| ''pull out his character he would get
gun and kill him The conversation
which followed is left in doubt by the wit
nesses. Grant testified that he told Hen
bricks not to talk that way, One witness
stated that Grant left his work and walked
up toward Hendricks with his adj in his
hand. The next moment he heard blow,
| looked up and saw that the adj had left
| Grants hand and Hendricks head was
| bloody. Some of the witnesses testified
that they heard Grant say: "You say you'll
shoot me- I'll make you shoot me now"
Grants defense was that he was coopering
at barrel and the adj slipped out of his
hand; that he did not throw it, The jury
brought in verdict of guilty, but recon-
mended him to mercy, and Judge Adams
sentenced him two years in the peniten-
tiary.
The case of Friday Albright and Mary
Albright, a suit for divorce, was REIN
stated. 1t had been dismissed for want of
prosecution, but it was shown that the libel
liant was absent when the case was called
for trial. The case of Louisa Shaw VS..
George Shaw was reinstated on the same
ground, having been dismissed.
Louis r. Grouse and Frank McDermott
were appointed commercial notaries by
Judge Adams.
Henry Patterson was appointed Notary
Public and ex-officio Justice of the Peace in
the place Of John S. Tyson, who has re-
signed.
To-day the trial of Ward alias Warner,
the safe blower, will be had and several
other criminals given their just deserts.
CLEAR TO THE BONEl